The Five Senses of ManHenry S. King & Company, 1876 - 304 pagini |
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... able to recognise the object which caused it , nor its nature . The sensations of the senses , therefore , appear to be of a higher kind than the common sensations . The general sensibility of the body is , indeed , the general ground ...
... able to recognise the object which caused it , nor its nature . The sensations of the senses , therefore , appear to be of a higher kind than the common sensations . The general sensibility of the body is , indeed , the general ground ...
Pagina 12
... able to estimate the strength of the pressure which weighs upon the skin . A weight placed upon the hand , and a friendly pressure of the hand , differ but little from one . another in their physical properties , however different their ...
... able to estimate the strength of the pressure which weighs upon the skin . A weight placed upon the hand , and a friendly pressure of the hand , differ but little from one . another in their physical properties , however different their ...
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... able to distinguish the place from which it came , and could not localise the irritation . A very interesting observation is often made in men , in whom , for the purpose of an operation , a piece of skin is removed from its original ...
... able to distinguish the place from which it came , and could not localise the irritation . A very interesting observation is often made in men , in whom , for the purpose of an operation , a piece of skin is removed from its original ...
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... able to write and execute many kinds of work . The delicacy of the sense of touch , or , more exactly , the sense of locality in different parts of the skin , has been measured by Ernst Heinrich Weber , by a very ingenious method . It ...
... able to write and execute many kinds of work . The delicacy of the sense of touch , or , more exactly , the sense of locality in different parts of the skin , has been measured by Ernst Heinrich Weber , by a very ingenious method . It ...
Pagina 37
... well the natural position of every part of the body , and the situation of every point of skin , a knowledge which it has gained by many years of prac- tice and experience . It is also able to recognise THE SENSE OF TOUCH . 37.
... well the natural position of every part of the body , and the situation of every point of skin , a knowledge which it has gained by many years of prac- tice and experience . It is also able to recognise THE SENSE OF TOUCH . 37.
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